Datvironment

WHAT IS A “DATVIRONMENT”?

A “Datvironment” is our word to describe a set of materials related to a specific entity. The materials include the datasets, cases and exercises, process flowcharts, and process manuals. All of these materials within the Datvironment are useful in teaching Big Data Analytics in your curriculum.

Bibitor, LLC

Bibitor, LLC is a retail wine and spirits company, with 79 or 80  locations (depending on the year-end) within the fictional state of Lincoln. Depending on the year-end, sales can range from 420-450 million dollars and cost of goods sold can range from 300-350 million dollars. The total number of records in the dataset is 15 million. This includes sales transactions (12.5 to 13 million records) purchase transactions (2.3 to 2.5 million records) and inventory.

Bon Chic, Grand Genre​

BCGG, Inc., located in Worcester Massachusetts, delivers fine wine and spirits to 75 plus customers located in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Maine. Depending on the year-end, sales can range from 300-350 million dollars and it cost goods sold can range from 220-280 million dollars. The total number of combined records in the dataset is approximately 4 million, these represent sales transactions (3.2 to 3.9 million records) purchase transactions (200 to 250 thousand records) and inventory.

BA Toys

BA Toys, Inc., headquartered in Harrisburg Pennsylvania, operates 20 retail toy stores from Maryland to Maine. The headquarters location also serves as the location for the online store.  Sales are approximately 450 million dollars and costs of goods sold are approximately 300 million dollars. The total number of combined records in the dataset is approximately 5 million, representing sales transactions (4 million records), purchase transactions (800 thousand records) and inventory (75 thousand records).